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I mean then it would just be your comments you wouldnt have the time to read.
My point is. I dont think its about the medium... Be it email, comments, phonecalls or something else. You also make your phone no public. Do you get tons of calls from PR people. If not, I'm actually a bit suprised.
I gues it just comes with beeing a public figure. Maybe you shold get an assistant to manage all that stuff. As I see it only other solution would be not to have a public email or phone... or maybe have one public and one private of both email and phone.
If someone set up a site where these small companies could pitch themselves to people to you, Mike Arrington, and some of the other "A-list" bloggers, would you subscribe to its RSS feed?
Perhaps if people knew that you were watching something like this, they might use it to get noticed rather than email you.
No. Because then my readers could see all the pitches and I wouldn't need to get involved at all.
The fewer intermediaries there are between you and the people who build products the better.
The thing is, PR folks don't like a disintermediated world. They don't get paid if you only need to leave a comment on a blog post.
Assitants cost money. Only worth doing if there's a chance of getting that recouped. I might be able to, but at the expense of other things in my life. I'd rather go and do more photowalking shows than try to compete with CNET or TechCrunch.
The video editing is also a time killer. Its like you need to have a small army to help. Interns. Interns. Interns. But some pro-interns. Or a big fat upload pipe to the Bollywood cut and chop house.
Mmmm, TEK.
OK then. Here it is: http://www.consensusbest.com and http://consensusbest.com/blog.php?cid=0
No press releases or other spam to follow. Thanks!
However, I have to agree with you that companies should also not try to flood your inbox. I guess this is one of the curses of being a blogger on the A list. You will get pitched all the time. Worse then flooding an inbox is to start bitching and moaning. I just wish people would focus more on delivering a quality product than to worry about who ends up writing about them or not.
Mike
You don't want PR firms to impose on your space (your inbox), you want them to impose on your reader's space (the comments section)?
Hmmm, strange.
MS
More here: http://www.socialmediarelease.org/2006/11/02/el...
Changing from one-to-one communications to many-to-many is a big deal for traditional PR people. But it's a conversation, and the new era of disclosure means we're all out in the open-- or should be, and we have to get used to it. If we're not, we'll be found out (hello Edelman) and hung out to dry in public.
Robert, this is a nice discussion (as is the Arrington one) that we all need to be having-- all over the place.
As I commented to Mike Arrington, the fact that you are overwhelmed is a monster of your own creation. To an extent, you just have to deal with it.
However, as you point out, you are not trying to compete with CNET and TC, so we (PR folks) should recognize that and not put you on the dreaded 'target list'.
Now, I imagine what you get overwhelmed with is not only PR pitches. In those cases, the basic rules of blog engagement - listen, think, find common interests, respond thoughtfully - should apply. (Actually, aren't those the basic rules of HUMAN engagement??) Getting back to you "dealing with it"...you shouldn't have to deal with garbage.
Each blog should have a separate 'Inbox/Suggestions/Notes for the blogger' section. People can leave their notes and details for the blogger& the readers attention there. If the blog host itself doesnt provide such a feature - you should post an entry that reads - "Leave your suggestions, new product notifications and links you would like me to check out". This could be your 'blog inbox'. From here its a matter of subscribing to this blog entry.
If the host provides such a feature it should also have the option where readers can mark it as spam.
What is needed is a way to sort out the mess and to rank the comments in a community ordered order of usefulness.
As I commented to Mike Arrington, the fact that you are overwhelmed is a monster of your own creation. To an extent, you just have to deal with it."
He does deal with it, Jesse. By ignoring people. That's how I deal with it, too.
Arrington: I stay up at nights thinking about how to do the right thing. (and judging by the time on his comment here, that's true)
OK, just an observation, but maybe people need to get more sleep.
I'm serious, are A-listers getting enough zzzs in their bid to feed the monster of daily postings to keep up interest in their properties.
Big Media journalists are getting 10 hours a night, I bet.
So A-listers really aren't A-listers. They're like Big Media's lackeys. Doing all the work for a tiny piece of the audience and none of the sleep.
Exercise. How much are A-listers getting? Sorry, Robert, but you're not sporting a Tour-de-France physique. Neither, from what I can tell, is Arrington.
And diet? What are you guys eating in front of your monitors?
Here's the equation: too many hours in front of screens + lack of sleep + high-calorie diet = serious health issues.
This is ably illustrated by the photo on this page Hint: "Little guys" and Big Media journalists are on the left, A-listers on the right.
A-listers keeping little guy down? Only until the A-listers keel over.
I've actually been losing weight lately cause I've been running all over the valley interviewing people.
http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/03.html#When:1...
Cheers...
I worked as a reporter and editor in newsrooms for 20 years before taking my writing online. Several of the newspapers I worked for were obsessed with answering phone calls from "the public." Sometimes I get great tips from answering an unexpected phone inquiry. More often than not, it was PR people who could offer no good reason why I would write about their company or client. And there lots of calls from nuts and/or nice people with too much time on their hands.
When it comes to links and publicity, there's nothing wrong with a meritocracy. But few people have the time and resources to run one well. That's why newspapers wind up with lots of staff, which they now have to trim.
Good to hear that! Now let me take your blood pressure...
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Dr. Blog
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Aren't blogs about conversations? What you are describing sounds more like soliloquy.
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If someone set up a site where these small companies could pitch themselves to people to you, Mike Arrington, and some of the other “A-list” bloggers, would you subscribe to its RSS feed?
If companies knew you were listening to one source, they might be inclined to use it.
Say you want to do an interview on mobile video. Go to wiki and click on main page mobile. Just go thru the subpage to find an interesting company you can interview. It is like getting those PR firms and companies to build your own wikipedia that you can search
Other solutions?
1. Setup POP to outlook. Make those PR firms and companies use a specific email address or subject title. Setup a business rule on your outlook. Email request will automatically file to certain folder. You read them when you have time.
2. Create a weekly post just for accepting request on your blog.
I still think wiki is the best solution. I also think it is so much better to have your readers to rate and comments on those wiki pages. Then you don't even have to do much. You pick the product or company that has the most comments and/or ratings. Can wiki turn into your own version of digg.com by letting readers to rate rankings?
I vaguely remember Wetpaint has some sort of rating. You better ask Ben Elowitz.
Another thought. I haven't seen any blog allow readers to rate rankings on comments or posts. If it is technically possible, bloggers and readers can sort posts and comments by ranking. This will help finding the most wanted posts or comments.
Let me brainstorm some more about this. We need a smarter blog than just reading the blog sorted by dates.
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I am trying to see what are the technical possibilites in organizing blog posts & comments to sort out request submitted by PR firms and companies.
How do you setup your WordPress? Do you use your own web host to install WordPress? Or use domain mapping supported and hosted by WordPress?
I kind of look thru all the widgets from WordPress but I didn't find anything that can be utilized for sorting.
It has been my experience that the constraints of a network, like LinkedIN (no affiliation), keep contact regulated, relevant and transparent.
When you tell them how you wish to be communicated with, they will, in the main, comply.
But like with most things. After your set..you've got your system of getting things done down, those random inquiries aren't needed as much anymore, because you've built up your list of "things you do" to get what you need. If you need something or need some information, you know where to get it, you know where to look, you have your "go to" people. The things that at one time was very helpful becomes a hassle.